The Quarter Sessions were court sittings held in January (Epiphany), April (Easter), July (Thomas a Becket) and October (Michaelmas). The charges heard mostly concerned felony, poaching, keeping disorderly alehouses, wages owed, removal appeals, bad treatment of apprentices by their masters, rates disputes, blocking waterways, and failure of parishes to keep roads and bridges in good order. The Courts also set rates for wages and carriage; details are found in the Record Books, Order Books, Minute Books and the Court Rolls in Northamptonshire Record Office.
Records relating to Grafton Estate villages have been extracted from Kay Collins's indexing work for the period 1686 -1834.
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Index to Northampton Quarter Sessions 1686 - 1834
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| Forename |
Surname |
Details |
Place |
Year |
Q |
| Joseph |
HENSON |
charge against him by J. BEASLEY - next QS |
Old Startford |
1713 |
4 |
| Joseph |
HENSON |
charge against him by J. BEASLEY - next QS |
Old Startford |
1713 |
4 |
| Thomas |
INGRAM |
yngr - breach of peace against w by James INGRAM |
Old Stratford |
1771 |
3 |
| John |
SMITH |
innkeeper - to appear next QS |
Old Startford |
1712 |
3 |
| John |
SMITH |
innkeeper - to appear next QS |
Old Startford |
1712 |
3 |
NRO ZB68/1
Sentences of Prisoners Tried at Northampton Assizes 1818 - 1836
Taken from William Horner's Scrapbook cuttings
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| 1824 |
26 July |
Charles COLLINSON, aged 30, charged with stealing a bay gelding, the property of Robert PRICE of Old Startford. No Bill |
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